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Where does “sac” come from?

Sac comes from French sac, from Old French sac, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος, a word for a bag or pouch.

sac (English): A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that...

Definitions

  1. A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that...

Ancestry of “sac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsacrificeTo offer as a gift to a deity; To give away to...
2Middle Englishsacrifice—
3Old Frenchsacrifisesacrifice
4LatinsacrificiumSomething made sacred or given to a deity,...
5LatinsacrificusOf or pertaining to sacrificing, sacrificial;...
6Latinsacrificō—
7Latinfaciō—
8Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
9Latin-tōrius—
10Latin-tor-er
11Proto-Italic-tōr—
12Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
13Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “sac”

  • saclike
  • pseudosac
  • ballsac
  • sacbrood
  • sporosac
  • nectosac
  • sacless
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